to be at a loss; to be in a corner
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
street; quarter; district; area
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
now that; since; so long as; because
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
request; appeal; claim; purchase
in proportion to; according to; depending on
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to live; to reside; to inhabit
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
beyond that point; after that
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
like that; that way; thus
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much